Oregon Administrative Rules
Chapter 635 - DEPARTMENT OF FISH AND WILDLIFE
Division 500 - FISH MANAGEMENT PLANS
Section 635-500-4820 - Alsea River Basin, All Waters
Universal Citation: OR Admin Rules 635-500-4820
Current through Register Vol. 63, No. 3, March 1, 2024
Policies and objective for fish management in the Alsea River Basin, all waters.
(1) Policies:
(a) Fish management in the Alsea River Basin
shall be directed at protecting and restoring self-sustaining populations of
all fish species native to the basin;
(b) Management of individual fish populations
and their habitat shall only be emphasized when remedial actions are needed to
address critical stocks or species, or when a population is the cause of
constraints placed on mixed-stock fisheries or land use activities;
(c) Permanent natural barriers to fish
migration shall not be altered to allow fish passage and fish shall not be
transplanted above these barriers;
(d) Conservation objectives take priority
over harvest objectives;
(e)
Introduction of non-native fin fish species into flowing waters of the Alsea
River Basin shall be prohibited.
(2) Objective: Restore and maintain productive populations of all species of salmonids native to the Alsea River Basin.
Stat. Auth.: ORS 496.138, ORS 496.146 & ORS 506.119
Stats. Implemented: ORS 506.109 & ORS 506.129
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